Joachim Nagel: Acting together for a sovereign and competitive Europe Speech by Dr Joachim Nagel, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank, at the meeting with the European ambassadors’ delegation on the occasion of Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union,…
ankfurt am Main, 21 July 2026. Check against delivery 1 Introduction: making the most of the Irish Presidency Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to Frankfurt!
Viewed from Berlin, Frankfurt may seem fairly small. And most of you will be used to capital cities by virtue of the offices you hold. But have any of you ever been to a “world capital”?
Well you have today. Frankfurt, together with the Rhine-Main region, is this year’s World Design Capital. It is the first time this title has gone to Germany.